These are quick - one-time lessons designed to support the work that goes on in the classroom.....

"Re-enforce what we have been doing with maps"
"I want something to help kids celebrate and understand St. Patricks Day and Ireland"
Quick Lesson -- is it living or dead?
"Everybody loves a rock" - literature connection
kids take a nature walk and bring things in from outside and decide if it is living or dead?
It's ALIVE

Gets Energy
Uses Energy
Grows
Reproduces
Gets rid of waste
Reacts to Outside change
Rocks
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
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Yes No
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Bread
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
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Trees & leaves
Yes No
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Yes No
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String
Yes No
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Caterpillar
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
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mold
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
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Computer
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
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Yes No